The Drifters – Up On The Roof (Ukulele)

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Written by Carole King / Gerry Goffin Capo 8 if you want to play along, but that's "iffy" on most ukuleles. [Intro] C C6 (x4) [Verse 1]

     C                     Am
When this old world starts getting me down

    F                   G7sus2         C
And people are just too much for me to face

  C                   Am
I climb way up to the top of the stairs

    F                 G7sus2           C
And all my cares just drift right into space

F
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be

    C                 Am               F    G  N.C.
And there the world below can't bother me.     Let me tell you now

[Verse 2]

     C                   Am
When I come home feelin' tired and beat

  F               G7sus2           C
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet

  C                 Am
I get away from the hustling crowd

    F                 G7sus2            C
And all that rat-race noise down in the street

F
On the roof, the only place I know

      C                Am              F          G            C
Where you just have to wish to make it so.  Let's go up on the roof

[Verse 3] C Am F G7sus2 C

   F
At night the stars put on a show for free

     C                Am                F    G  N.C.
And, darling, you can share it all with me.     I keep a-tellin' you

C                      Am
Right smack dab in the middle of town

     F           G7sus2              C
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof

    C                    Am
And if this world starts getting you down

        F               G7sus2        C
There's room enough for two up on the roof

[Outro]

          Am                 
Up on the roooof  (up on the roof)

             C
Oh, come on, baby (up on the roof)

             Am                       C
Oh, come on, honey (up on the roof)   (fade)